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WWII Lt Wisby, 27thFG Shot-down POW

Lt Wisby 27th FG / 522 FS - Lt Wisby was shot-down on 29 Jan. 1945 in his P-47 "Betty II". He was captured and became a POW at the " Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria " (Shot-Down ON his 26th Birthday!)

*** This CRASH is being investigated by the "Air Crash PO" Team in Italy, Team Leader Prof. Ago Alberti is heading up the documentation of the actual CRASH SITE. Special THANKS to Researchers Patti Johnson, Bob Shank and Barbara Connolly.

Lt. Joseph Edgar Wisby, stayed in the Air Force after WW II, and rose to the rank of Lt. Col.He died 26 March 1979, and is buried in Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado.